Devendra Fadnavis

Speaking in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, Fadnavis said the state government will do whatever it can to ensure the Marathi-speaking people in Karnataka get justice.

Replying to a question in the state Assembly, Fadnavis said the old pension scheme was stopped in 2005.

The project is the brainchild of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and was conceptualised when he was the chief minister in 2015. Once completed, the expressway will reduce the travel time from Nagpur to Mumbai to seven hours.

The Tech Entrepreneurs Association of Mumbai (TEAM) consists of Mumbai-based startup founders that have come together in a first-of-its-kind initiative to establish brand Mumbai as a startup hub.

The BJP leader slammed the Congress MP, saying he is fond of insulting national heroes except those belonging to the Gandhi-Nehru family.

The Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government was recently under fire after a semiconductor project by Vedanta-Foxconn and military aircraft project of Tata-Airbus were bagged by Gujarat.

Shinde and Fadnavis were speaking at a felicitation programme for Chief Justice of India (CJI) U U Lalit at the Raj Bhavan.

Vedanta-Foxconn semiconductor plant in the state which eventually shifted to Gujarat. He said several meetings had taken place between Vedanta officials and the previous government early this year. A fresh war of words has broken out between the ruling Eknath Shinde dispensation and Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)-led opposition over the Rs 22,000 crore project to manufacture C-295 military transport aircraft moving from Maharashtra to Vadodara in Gujarat.

The police have sent the seized gadgets to cyber forensic experts to investigate whether more persons were involved in creating the content of the tweets, he said.

Notably, after coming to power in November 2019, the then MVA government comprising Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and Congress scrapped certain policy decisions of its predecessor BJP-Shiv Sena government led by Fadnavis.

In a letter written to Fadnavis, Thackeray referred to the senior BJP leader as his dear friend and said it is essential to have a positive political culture.

While Fadnavis has admitted that the letter was sent to him in good faith, he said that he would have to discuss with the party leadership before taking a decision.

Fadnavis highlighted important projects like Pune Metro, EV transportation etc and said the ring road will prove to be the growth engine for the Pune region.

Speaking to reporters at the airport here, Fadnavis asked if Thackeray's legislators had resigned and faced the electorate afresh after he broke the alliance with the BJP post the 2019 Assembly polls and joined hands with the Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress.

Devendra Fadnavis, the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, declared on Sunday that the state would establish an organisation akin to Niti Aayog to analyse extensive data and make thoughtful judgments regarding diverse industries.

The Thackeray-led Shiv Sena, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress have sought to corner the Eknath Shinde-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government following the announcement two days ago that the Rs 1.54 lakh crore semiconductor plant would be set up in Gujarat and not in Maharashtra as proposed earlier.

He also said the alliance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will win the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation polls.

Devendra Fadnavis, the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, has been named the Leader of the House in the state Legislative Council, according to an announcement made by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday.

Devendra Fadnavis, a former chief minister, has been assigned seven key portfolios in the Eknath Shinde-led government.

Devendra Fadnavis, currently the deputy Chief Minister, will get the Home portfolio for sure, a senior BJP leader said on Wednesday on the condition of anonymity.